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Noise is nearly always part of our environment: traffic noise, machinery noise, crowd noise - even computers and office equipment make noise. However, not all noise in the environment is considered "environmental noise." The term Environmental Noise almost always refers to noise that is generated at one property and received (heard) at another property.

Thus, for example, the HVAC noise you hear in your office is not environmental noise, but the noise produced by your HVAC equipment and heard by your neighbor across the street is considered environmental noise.

State and local jurisdictions set limits on the amount of noise that one property (a source property) is allowed to generate to another property (a receiver property). Control of environmental noise typically involves the design of noise mitigation measures to ensure that noise levels generated by certain activities or operations on one property conform to established limits as measured at neighboring properties.

Click on the following subjects to learn more about environmental noise and how it can be controlled.

Noise Descriptors | Noise Studies and Limits | Environmental Noise Guidelines | Measurements and Predictions | Putting It Together

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